Archive for the tag "value"
Michel’s Wants Loyalty but Doesn’t Give It
Michel’s look cheap. And it makes them look unfriendly. And most importantly it makes them look as if they don’t trust you. That is shocking customer service.
Posted: 13 February, 2011 in Australian Values, Economics, Internet, Media, values.
Tags: Australian Values, barista, coffee, coffee bar, commerce, customer service, loyalty, loyalty card, Michel's Michel's Patisserie, Parramatta, profit, profit margin, reciprocation, referral business, Rendevous Cafe, repeat business, retail, return business, value, values
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Extraordinary Relationships
“What percent of your relationship are you responsible for?” “50%!” “But what if you were responsible for 100%, not because it’s true but as a place to stand?”
Posted: 21 December, 2010 in Australian Values, Culture, Life, values.
Tags: Australian Values, cause, causing, contribution, extraordinary, extraordinary relationships, human, humanity, intention, Life, love, making a difference, possibility, relationship, responsibility, value, values, world
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Amazon Selling Wikileaks Kindle e-Book
Having ejected Wikileaks from their servers, Amazon.com are selling “WikiLeaks documents expose US foreign policy conspiracies” as a Kindle e-book.
Posted: 14 December, 2010 in Australian Politics, Economics, Internet, legal, Literature, Medicine, politics and government, values.
Tags: Amazon, cablegate, Cables, cloud server, concentration camp, e-book, ebook, ethical, experiments, Guardian, Internet, kindle, law, legal, Medicine, Mengele, moral, New York Times, servers, technology, value, values, WikiLeaks, wikileaks kindle, WWII
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What’s With Petrol Prices?
Unleaded petrol was $1.29/L last week. That was the price months ago when the dollar was worth much less. Shouldn’t it be more like 80 cents per litre now?
Posted: 17 October, 2010 in Australian Values, Economics, values.
Tags: Australian dollar, Australian economy, Australian Values, car, carbon economy, commodities, dollar, dollar value, Economics, economy, global economy, industrials, industry, oil, oil companies, parity, petrol, petrol price, pump price, transport, US dollar, value, values, world economy
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Another Brilliant TED Talk
Rory Sutherland: Life lessons from an ad man
Posted: 9 October, 2010 in comedy/humour, Economics, Education, environment, fun, History, Internet, Language, Media, Medicine, politics and government, values, Video.
Tags: ad man, advertising, agriculture, Ataturk, cell, comedy, Economics, economy, Education, entertainment, environment, Frederick the Great, hummer, humor, humour, hybrid, Internet, Life, marketing, Media, Medicine, mobile, potato, press, Prius, Prussia, Rory Sutherland, social media, TED, TED talks, value, values, Video
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Gratuitous Sunday
Yes, here’s this Sunday’s gratuitously offensive anti-religion – specifically anti-Christian – post.
Posted: 9 May, 2010 in comedy/humour, Culture, Economics, fun, legal, politics and government, Religion, Sex, US Politics, values.
Tags: AIG, American values, appearances, awkward sex, capitalism, celebrity, celebrity wedding, christian, christian sex, dirty sex, economic value, Economics, economy, fat cat, fat cat CEOs, Goldman Sachs, impotence, IPMorgan Chase, James Dimon, James P. Gorman, Lloyd Blankfein, Morgan Stanley, Onion, pretense, Religion, SEC, senate, Senators, Sex, social values, The Onion, toothless, toothless tiger, US Senate, value, values, Wall Street, wall street bonus
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Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford Commencement Address. Found this, liked it, posted it. Wise, wise, wise.
Posted: 2 May, 2010 in Computing, Education, fun, Internet, Life, values, Video.
Tags: Apple, cancer, career, college, computers, death, Education, family, fun, human values, Jobs, Life, living, love, Macintosh, microsoft, NeXT, pancreas, pancreatic, passion, PC, Pixar, relationship, Stanford, Steve Jobs, TED, TED talks, Toy Story, university, value, values, what matters, wisdom, work
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URGENT: Roger Waters Touring Pink Floyd’s THE WALL in 2010
Roger Waters is touring The Wall from 15 Sept to 13 Dec 2010, through the US & Canada. You can apply for presale tickets for a better chance of getting tickets
Posted: 18 April, 2010 in Art, audio, Australian Values, Culture, Education, Internet, Life, music, politics and government, Religion, Sex, values, Video.
Tags: Andrew Lloyd Webber, another brick in the wall, Canada, cost, cultural values, God Almighty, Jesus Christ, lottery, miracle, music tour, music values, pink floyd, pop music, presale, rock music, roger waters, the wall, tickets, tickets on sale, tour, USA, value, values, we don't need no education, we don't need no thought control
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US Health Bill Passes
Obama’s universal health bill has passed the House. It is being hailed by Mistah Presidunt as a good thing. As an Australian we would like to say:
Posted: 22 March, 2010 in Australian Politics, Australian Values, Economics, Medicine, politics and government, Religion, US Politics, values.
Tags: America, Armageddon, australia, Australian Values, congress, crazies, Democrats, Economics, government, health, health care, house, kooks, medical, Medicine, political values, politics, Religion, Republicans, US, value, values
Comments: 4
40% Free!
Buy 60% of a fiction book at Borders and you get the other 40& free!
Click on the coupon below to get 40% off one full-priced fiction book at Borders
Posted: 26 February, 2010 in Australian Values, Culture, Education, Life, Literature, mystery, Religion, values.
Tags: Australian value, bible, book deal, book discount, books, Borders, Borders Australia, cheap, Culture, discount, Education, fiction, Literature, Monckton, novel, reading, value
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30% Off a Full-Priced Book at Borders
Here’s something you might find useful. A discount on full-priced books from Borders.
Posted: 18 February, 2010 in Australian Values, fun, Literature, values.
Tags: books, Borders, discount, reading, value
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Russell Rescues Roger
“Do you think there’s a practical reason for having a religious belief?”
“Well there can’t be a practical reason for believing what isn’t true.”
Posted: 7 January, 2010 in Australian Values.
Tags: agnostic, agnosticism, atheism, atheist, belief, Bertrand Russell, dishonesty, evidence, God, godless, integrity, Karen Armstrong, morality, philosophical values, philosophy, pragmatism, Religion, religious values, Sam Harris, treachery, value, values, Video
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Borders Discount
Here’s a coupon you can use to get 25% off any full-priced non-fiction book until Wednesday 18 November.
Posted: 14 November, 2009 in Literature.
Tags: books, Borders, cheap books, commercial value, deal, discount, discount books, literary values, Literature, special deal, value, values
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Beatles For Sale! Rubber Souled Out?
This unique, apple-shaped USB drive is loaded with the re-mastered audio for The Bealtes’ 14 stereo titles, as well as all of the re-mastered CDs’ visual elements, including 13 mini-documentary films about the studio albums, replicated original UK art, rare photos and expanded liner notes.
Posted: 7 November, 2009 in Australian Values, Computing, Culture, History, Media, music.
Tags: '60s, '70s, Apple, Apple corps, Apple USB, Bealtes, Beatles, Beatles collectoin, cultural values, Fab Four, George, George Harrison, John, John Lennon, MacCartney, Mop Tops, music, music values, Paul, Paul McCartney, pop, remastered, Richard Starkey, Ringo, Ringo Starr, rock and roll, technology, USB, value, values
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Moment of Ruth
Posted: 5 October, 2009 in comedy/humour, politics and government, Religion, US Politics.
Tags: american religion, american religious values, cartoon, christ, christianity, epiphany, evangelism, GOP, jesus, LA Weekly, moment of truth, Mr Fish, political party, politics, Religion, religious values, republican, republican party, socialism, value, values
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